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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 01, 2018
Applicant:

Sensata Technologies, Inc., Attleboro, MA (US);

Inventors:

Jun H. Bae, Medfield, MA (US);

David T. Brown, Antrim, IE;

Andrew C. Herron, Tyrone, GB;

Assignee:

SENSATA TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Attleboro, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 19/00 (2006.01); B81B 7/00 (2006.01); B81C 1/00 (2006.01); G01L 13/06 (2006.01); H01L 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 19/0084 (2013.01); B81B 7/007 (2013.01); B81B 7/0058 (2013.01); B81C 1/00301 (2013.01); G01L 13/06 (2013.01); G01L 19/0069 (2013.01); H01L 24/48 (2013.01); B81B 2201/0264 (2013.01); B81B 2207/015 (2013.01); B81B 2207/097 (2013.01); B81C 2203/0154 (2013.01); B81C 2203/0792 (2013.01); H01L 2224/48245 (2013.01); H01L 2924/1433 (2013.01); H01L 2924/1461 (2013.01);
Abstract

A process of forming an overmolded lead frame assembly for a pressure sensing application includes clamping both sides of a lead frame to performing a primary overmolding operation to prevent resin flash on wire bonding areas on the lead frame. The process also includes performing the primary overmolding operation to form a primary mold that covers selected portions of the lead frame on first and second sides of the lead frame assembly. The primary mold forms an electronics cavity on the first side of the lead frame assembly to enable subsequent wire-bonding of a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) pressure sensing element to the wire bonding areas. The process further includes performing a secondary overmolding operation to form a secondary mold on the second side of the lead frame assembly. The secondary mold covers an exposed portion of the lead frame beneath the wire bonding areas.


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